Rebel Without a Cause

1955 111 min Drama

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

IMDb 7.6 RT 91 Metacritic 89

budget $1,500,000 earnings $4,500,000 return 3.0x

director Nicholas Ray

writers Nicholas Ray, Stewart Stern

cast